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 500 74TH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CHS. 416, 417. JULY 25, 26, 1935. Proviso. O bliga tions of old Board . Rules and regula- tions. Separability clause. Duration of Act. the Boa rd at t he grade s and s alaries specifi ed in t heir res pective examinations : Provided, That this section shall not be construed to impair any obligation incurred by the old Board. SEC. 7 . The Board with the approval of the Committee is author- ized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 8. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provisions to other persons or cir- cumstances, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 9. This Act shall cease to be in effect and the agencies estab- lished hereunder shall cease to exist at the expiration of five years after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved, July 25, 1935. [CHAPTER 417 .] July 2S, 1935. AN ACT [H. R° 6323 .] - To provide for the custody of Federal proclamations, orders, regulations, notices, [Public, No.220.] and other do cum ent s, and for the prompt and uniform printing and distribu- tion thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Federal Register Act. United Proclamations, Ex- States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Archivist ec utiv e or ders , etc ., of the United States acting through a division established b him cu st ody and publica- I g y tion v in the National Archives Establishment, hereinafter referred to as Division to be es tab- lished in the National the " Division ", is charged with the custody and, together with the Archives Establish- ment. Public Printer, with the prompt and uniform printing and distri- bution of the documents required or authorized to be published Director ; appoint- under section 5. There shall be at the head of the Division a direc- ment ; salary. tor, appointed by the President, who shall act under the general direction of the Archivist of the United States in carrying out the provisions of this Act and the regulations prescribed hereunder, who shall receiv e a salary, to be fixed b y the President, not to e xceed $5,000 a year. Original documents SEC. 2. The original and two duplicate originals or certified copies Pestpp.1 10 g ' of an y docum ent requ ired or authori zed to be publi shed un der sec- tion 5 shall be filed with the Division, which shall be open for that purpose during all hours of the working days when the Archives Notation thereon . Building shall be open for official business. The Director of the Division shall cause to be noted on the original and duplicate origi- nals or certified copies of each document the day and hour of filing Proviso ° thereof : Provided That when the original is issued or When issued outside t pre scrib ed, of District of colum - promulgated outside of the District of Columbia and certified copies bia. are filed before the filing of the original, the notation shall be of the Availability of cop y day and hour of filing of the certified copies. Upon such filing, at for public inspection. least one copy shall be immediately available for public inspection Of original docu- in the office of the Director of the Division. The original shall be ment. retained in the archives of the National Archives Establishment and shall be available for inspection under regulations to be prescribed Copy for printing; by the Archivist. The Division shall transmit immediately to the tr ansmi ssion. Gover nment P rinting Office for prin ting, a s provid ed in t his Act, one duplicate original or certified copy of each document required or authorized to be published under section 5. Every Federal agency shall cause to be transmitted for filing as herein required the origi- nal and the duplicate originals or certified copies of all such docu- ments issued, prescribed, or promulgated by the agency. Federal Register SEC. 3. All documents required or authorized to be published under printing and distribu- tion . section 5 shall be printed and distributed forthwith by the Govern- ment Printing Office in a serial publication designated the " Federal